Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Phan Quy Phuong (left) inspects flood response work in Loc An commune

Due to the impact of heavy rains lasting from October 25 until now, many areas in Loc An commune have been deeply flooded, traffic has been seriously cut off.

According to a quick report from the People's Committee of Loc An commune, 10/29 villages are currently completely isolated, with travel mainly by boat or small canoe. More than 50 roads, tunnels, spillways and markets in the commune are flooded from 1 to 1.5 meters deep.

Faced with the complicated developments of the flood, the commune government proactively evacuated 193 households with 593 people to safety, including 13 households in Bach Thach village being relocated due to the risk of landslides.

Police, militia and medical forces were mobilized to be on duty 24/7, promptly supporting people, rescuing, and ensuring traffic safety. Notably, on the morning of October 27, the authorities used a boat to transport a patient in Nam village to a medical facility for timely emergency treatment, and successfully assisted a pregnant woman to safely give birth in the flood.

Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Phan Quy Phuong and local authorities brought people in deeply flooded areas to safety.

Regarding the initial damage, 3 households had their roofs blown off by the whirlwind, and some fallen trees have been cleared to ensure traffic. Truoi Lake is currently operating at a safe level, with the spillway gates open at full capacity.

Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Phan Quy Phuong highly appreciated the response work of Loc An commune, and at the same time requested the locality to continue to maintain 24/7 on-duty, paying special attention to monitoring low-lying areas and areas at risk of landslides.

The Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee also requested to review and promptly evacuate households still in dangerous areas, not to let people be subjective about the development of rain and floods. Currently, the local government and functional forces are focusing on supporting people in isolated areas, ensuring food, drinking water, medicine, and being ready to respond to complicated situations that may occur in the coming days.

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